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Television Archive News Search Service
Television Archive News Search Service
collection
2,459,336
ITEMS
259.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 259.5M

Items included in the Television News search service. Part of TV News Archive .
Movies
Movies
collection
101,875
ITEMS
425.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 425.4M

Watch full-length feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, World War II propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours: These options are all featured in this diverse library! Many of these videos are available for free download.
Television Archive
Television Archive
collection
10,102,796
ITEMS
278.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 278.9M

Programs in  TV News Archive for research and educational purposes. The programs allow users to search across a collection of television news programs dating back to 2009 for research and educational purposes such as fact checking. Users may view short clips, share links to customized short quotes, embed customized short quotes, or borrow a copy of the full program.
( 1 reviews )
Feature Films
Feature Films
collection
27,777
ITEMS
281.3M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 281.3M

Feature films, shorts , silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Enjoy! View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity . Do you want to post a feature film? First, figure out if it's in the Public Domain. Read this FAQ about determining if something is PD. If you're still not sure, post a question to the forum below with as much information about the movie as possible. One of our users might have relevant information.
Topic: Moving Images
Television
Television
collection
417,269
ITEMS
109.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 109.3M

Collections of items recorded from television, including commercials, old television shows, government proceedings, and more.
The Anime Cascade
The Anime Cascade
collection
77,817
ITEMS
52.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 52.9M

Anime (/ˈænəˌmeɪ/) (Japanese: アニメ) is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan. The word anime is the Japanese term for animation, which means all forms of animated media. Outside Japan, anime refers specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes. The culturally abstract approach to the word's meaning may open...
Community Media Archive
Community Media Archive
collection
1,884,649
ITEMS
90.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 90.9M

The Community Media Archive gathers the diverse local TV and radio programs created through community access - including local non-commercial television channels on cable television systems serving a wide range of Public, Education and Government (PEG) purposes. Thousands of community groups and over one million volunteer producers, directors, presenters and technical staff participate in PEG access production annually. These efforts result in more than 20,000 hours of new local programming...
Topic: community media
News & Public Affairs
News & Public Affairs
collection
2,063,753
ITEMS
227.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 227.2M

An analysis of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media is available from this diverse video library. From Democracy Now's daily news program, to three days of TV news coverage following the 911 attacks, to Mosaic’s timely clips of Middle East newscasts, to UCSF's Tobacco Industry Videos: These collections offer an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs. Many of these videos are available for free download.
The VHS Vault
The VHS Vault
collection
62,959
ITEMS
44.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 44.1M

A wide collection of trailers, shows, recordings, and other captures on VHS tape.
Additional Collections - Video
collection
1,148,597
ITEMS
45.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 45.8M

Miscellaneous collections of movies and videos.
Topics: videos, movies
Unsorted Television
Unsorted Television
collection
57,979
ITEMS
13.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 13.2M

Unsorted Television Shows.
Arts & Music
Arts & Music
collection
19,138
ITEMS
587M
VIEWS
collection

eye 587M

This library of arts and music videos features This or That (a burlesque game show), the Coffee House TV arts program, punk bands from Punkcast and live performances from Groove TV. Many of these movies are available for free download.
Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep
collection
716
ITEMS
569.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 569.5M

Electric Sheep is a distributed computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver. Process The process is transparent to the casual user, who can simply install the software as a screensaver. Alternatively, the user may become more involved with the project, manually creating a fractal flame file for upload to the server where it is rendered into a video file of the animated fractal flame....
Topic: electric sheep
The VHS Vault Inbox
The VHS Vault Inbox
collection
24,257
ITEMS
6.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 6.6M

A collection of VHS Vault-bound items thought to be destined for the VHS vault in general.
Social Media Videos
Social Media Videos
collection
675,854
ITEMS
12.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 12.6M

The Chin Grimes TV News Archive
The Chin Grimes TV News Archive
collection
170,697
ITEMS
27.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 27.3M

The Chin Grimes TV News Archive is a personal collection of broadcast news, current affairs, commentary, political/public policy speeches, panel discussions, Senate and House sessions and hearings, humor, commercials, elections, cultural icons and more — from mid-2009 to the present. Earlier years, as far back as 2003, will be added over time. The archive was established to create an enduring, easily-accessible record; to counter the onslaught of revisionist history; to chronicle the...
Topic: tv archive
MSNBC West
MSNBC West
collection
92,669
ITEMS
12.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 12.1M

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany (Berlin, Local), South Africa, the Middle East and Canada. Its name is derived from the most common abbreviations for Microsoft and the National Broadcasting Company.
Topic: United States
Classic TV
Classic TV
collection
6,641
ITEMS
42.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 42.5M

Bringing you classic television shows submitted by Internet Archive users since July 9th, 2007. (We also have lots of classic television commercials in the Prelinger collection .) If you'd like to add to this collection, please upload public domain classic TV shows to the Community Video collection and put the subject keyword "classic tv" on them. If you'd like, post to the forum at the bottom of this page to let us know they're up, and we'll move them over.
Prelinger Archives
Prelinger Archives
collection
8,872
ITEMS
194.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 194.1M

View thousands of films from the Prelinger Archives! Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division . Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 11,000 digitized and...
Videogame Videos
Videogame Videos
collection
257,434
ITEMS
119.5M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 119.5M

The Internet Archive is working with multiple external parties, including the IGDA's Preservation SIG and Stanford University's How They Got Game Project to preserve all kinds of rare and difficult to source video files relating to videogames. Updates to the collection are now listed below: NOTE: Existing collections are not actively added to this area, but existing collections are still being updated. April 2009 : Daniel Floyd has contributed his "Videogames And..." series of videos...
Topic: Moving Images
The Anime Cascade
by WNeVDIR
movies

eye 106,720

favorite 0

comment 0

WNeVDIR
Topic: WNeVDIR
Short Format Films
Short Format Films
collection
3,435
ITEMS
47.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 47.8M

Short Format Films contributed by users. View a list of all the Short Films sorted by popularity .
Topic: short films
CNN (San Francisco)
CNN (San Francisco)
collection
95,395
ITEMS
14.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.3M

" Cable News Network (CNN) is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. CNN is owned by parent company Time...
Topic: United States
The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive
collection
2,325
ITEMS
7.6M
VIEWS
collection

eye 7.6M

This collection is a compilation of assets and items related to the Internet Archive. Images, writings and open materials are included here in sub-collections.
Animation & Cartoons
Animation & Cartoons
collection
27,954
ITEMS
64.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 64.5M

Whether you want to watch classic cartoons from a bygone era, Brick Films made with your favorite building toys, Machinima patched together from video games, or the artful computer animations selected for the 2001 SIGGRAPH competition, this library of free animated films and movies has something to keep you entertained! Many of these videos are available for free download.
Sci-Fi / Horror
Sci-Fi / Horror
collection
642
ITEMS
50.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 50.1M

Science Fiction and Horror films: monsters and aliens, space and time travel, experiments gone wrong, unimagined disasters.
Movie Trailers
Movie Trailers
collection
55,433
ITEMS
18.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 18.7M

A collection of film trailers contributed by users.
Topic: trailers
Community Spirituality and Religion
Community Spirituality and Religion
collection
122,465
ITEMS
254.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 254.2M

These religion and spirituality videos were contributed by Archive users.
Fox News West
Fox News West
collection
87,632
ITEMS
14.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.3M

Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. As of April 2009, the channel is available to 102 million households in the United States and further to viewers internationally, broadcasting primarily from its New York studios.
Topic: United States
Film Noir
Film Noir
collection
1,321
ITEMS
15.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 15.7M

Expressionistic crime dramas of the 40s and 50s: tough cops and private eyes, femme fatales, mean city streets and deserted backroads, bags of loot and dirty double-crossers.
collection

eye 2M

1950s Classic TV
1950s Classic TV
collection
2,918
ITEMS
2.9M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.9M

Classic Television Shows from the 1950s.
Silent Films
Silent Films
collection
3,636
ITEMS
30.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 30.2M

A collection of feature or short silent films uploaded by archive users.
Topic: silent films
collection

eye 8.9M

Video Blender is a large collection of 201x-era media, comprising the sorts of memes, videos and works on video sharing sites of the time. They range in quality and exposition.
Ephemeral Films
Ephemeral Films
collection
16,285
ITEMS
23.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 23.4M

Ephemeral films are non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV Geeks. In addition to these classic collections, you may view guidance films from the post-World War II British government, drive-in movie intermission ads, and videos documenting the history of San Francisco from 1906 to the early 21st Century. Many of these films are available for free...
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 53,032

favorite 0

comment 0

zQVJHEw
Topic: zQVJHEw
The Iraq War Collection
The Iraq War Collection
collection
60,544
ITEMS
77.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 77.2M

A compilation of videos from Internet Archive users about the Iraq War and the issues and events surrounding it are collected here. See a Tag Cloud for the Iraq War collection.
Topic: iraq war
Spirituality & Religion
Spirituality & Religion
collection
127,511
ITEMS
256M
VIEWS
by Internet Archive
collection

eye 256M

View videos about spirituality and religion.
Children's Television Programs
Children's Television Programs
collection
4,069
ITEMS
2.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.3M

Television programs generally aimed towards a youthful audience, often with an educational intent. 
Twitch streams
Twitch streams
collection
113,538
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.1M

Archived live streamed VODs from Twitch.tv of various types of creative content or entertainment.
Topics: twitch, livestream, creative
Iraq War: Non-English Language Videos
Iraq War: Non-English Language Videos
collection
60,241
ITEMS
91M
VIEWS
collection

eye 91M

This collection contains user-submitted videos that are primarily from Middle Eastern sources. The Internet Archive has not reviewed these videos for content, but we have included them here in order to preserve as complete a record as possible of the worldwide views concerning current events in the Middle East. Caution: These videos may not be appropriate for all users. These items have not been reviewed for content. Some items contain images of graphic violence, or appear to explicitly...
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 44,760

favorite 0

comment 0

wsINjZy
Topic: wsINjZy
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 42,542

favorite 0

comment 0

VhcwRCM
Topic: VhcwRCM
Kid's Shows on VHS
Kid's Shows on VHS
collection
1,387
ITEMS
1.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 1.2M

Collections of television, often recorded to VHS tape, aimed at a young audience.
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 155,628

favorite 0

comment 0

nIbztNe
Topic: nIbztNe
KNTV (NBC)
KNTV (NBC)
collection
123,793
ITEMS
10.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 10.5M

" KNTV , channel 11, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the Bay Area market. It is licensed to San Jose, with its transmitter located on San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco. It shares facilities in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS (the Telemundo station for the Bay Area) and CNBC's Silicon Valley Bureau. The new digital facilities were constructed in San Jose by NBC in 2004. KNTV's studios are entirely powered by wind energy. KNTV is one of five...
Topic: United States
Comedy Films
Comedy Films
collection
380
ITEMS
30.5M
VIEWS
collection

eye 30.5M

"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl." - Charlie Chaplin
NASA Images
NASA Images
collection
207,547
ITEMS
36.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 36.2M

Search NASA Images: Advanced Search
( 1 reviews )
blip.tv
blip.tv
collection
112,164
ITEMS
28.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 28.8M

Blip.tv is an open video network that hosts and distributes web-based TV shows and videoblogs created by independent producers and production teams around the world. Blip.tv hosts videos on its destination site www.blip.tv and sends videos to people's websites and blogs, to the Internet Archive, and to a number of video aggregators and destination sites throughout the Internet. Click for more information on blip.tv .
Unsorted Television
movies

eye 37,427

favorite 0

comment 0

GJGJ
Topic: BMH
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 37,094

favorite 0

comment 0

dwBucxe
Topic: dwBucxe
Vlogs
Vlogs
collection
116,775
ITEMS
38.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 38.8M

More serious (or at least prolific) vloggers are showcased in this video library. You may learn how to be happy, geocache, run, or play boardgames by keeping up with these vloggers’ videos. In addition you may be amused by Betty Butterfield, entertained by The In Crowd, or keep up with happenings in Boston with Drive Time. Many of these videos are available for free download.
Computers & Technology
Computers & Technology
collection
128,006
ITEMS
21.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 21.1M

Featuring two television programs popular in the 1980's and 1990's: Computer Chronicles and Net Café, this library showcases videos about computing and technology. Collection topics include BBS, the Open Source movement, and Internet governance. Many of these movies are available for free download.
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 36,653

favorite 0

comment 0

mRhSefU
Topic: mRhSefU
KDTV (Univision)
KDTV (Univision)
collection
120,366
ITEMS
9.7M
VIEWS
collection

eye 9.7M

" KDTV-DT (channel 14) is a Univision-owned and operated station in San Francisco." KDTV began operation in 1975 on channel 60 as the Bay Area's first exclusively Spanish-language TV station. The station was owned by a local group headed by Raynold Anselmo. On March 5th, 1979 KDTV traded facilities with KCSM, San Mateo, obtaining Channel 14. In the mid-1980s, The Spannish International Network became known as Univision. KDTV continued its format of full-time Spanish language...
Topic: United States
TOSEC: The Old School Emulation Center
movies

eye 9.3M

favorite 24

comment 0

******************************* The Old School Emulation Center 28/12/2012 Hello, and welcome to a brand new TOSEC release! Just a quick one before the end of the year, LOTS of new Commodore images added. Many thanks to the tireless efforts of Crashdisk, mai, Duncan Twain and new helpers AntiPontifex and IguanaC64. On the ISO side, I'm happy to report the NTSC-US Games DAT is now 100% complete and verified, due to the above and beyond efforts of Maddog, atreyu187 and all the boys at Dumpcast....
Unsorted Television
movies

eye 36,161

favorite 0

comment 0

tu
Topic: tut
1960s Classic TV
1960s Classic TV
collection
808
ITEMS
2.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 2.1M

Classic Television from the 1960s.
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 154,337

favorite 2

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
The Anime Cascade
movies

eye 34,421

favorite 0

comment 0

Kefaxmb
Topic: Kefaxmb
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 244,921

favorite 2

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
KGO (ABC)
KGO (ABC)
collection
133,682
ITEMS
10.4M
VIEWS
collection

eye 10.4M

" KGO-TV , channel 7, based in San Francisco, California, is owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company subsidiary ABC. Its studios are located in the ABC Broadcast Center on Front and Vallejo streets in downtown San Francisco, while its transmitter is atop the iconic Sutro Tower, located between Mount Sutro and the Twin Peaks in central San Francisco, along with the Bay Area's other major television stations." KGO-TV signed on the air for the first time on May...
Topic: United States
Internet Archive Presents
Internet Archive Presents
collection
1,520
ITEMS
14.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 14.3M

Presentations and events at the Internet Archive.
Topic: collection
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 170,513

favorite 4

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
Miscellaneous Japanese Television Shows
Miscellaneous Japanese Television Shows
collection
17,012
ITEMS
4.3M
VIEWS
collection

eye 4.3M

A collection of Japanese television shows, usually with only a small number of episodes online. As shows gain larger libraries, they will recieve larger collections.
Game Shows Archive
Game Shows Archive
collection
6,825
ITEMS
1.1M
VIEWS
collection

eye 1.1M

A collection of game shows throughout television history, involving chance, skill and luck, usually presided over by a host and providing in-show commercials.
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 213,255

favorite 7

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
Music Video Bin
Music Video Bin
collection
15,726
ITEMS
11.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 11.2M

A large variety of music videos and music video DVDs.
Animation Shorts
Animation Shorts
collection
1,441
ITEMS
31M
VIEWS
collection

eye 31M

This collection contains short format cartoons and animation (full length animated movies can be found in the Feature Films section).
WFDC (Univision)
WFDC (Univision)
collection
36,804
ITEMS
7.2M
VIEWS
collection

eye 7.2M

WFDC is a full-powered Univision affiliate licensed to Arlington, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. market. Located on virtual channel 14 (digital channel 15). Channel 14 first signed on as WOOK on March 6, 1963 as the first station in the country aimed at the African-American demographic. WOOK's claim to fame was their teen-oriented dance show called Teenarama, which featured big-name acts such as James Brown and Marvin Gaye. In 1969, the station changed its call letters, to WFAN-TV. In...
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 195,032

favorite 1

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
BBC News
BBC News
collection
130,008
ITEMS
4.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 4.8M

Content from BBC News. The content in this collection is provided for research, educational and information purposes (at present no content is available for viewing).
Topic: United Kingdom
Cultural & Academic Films
collection
76,020
ITEMS
18.8M
VIEWS
collection

eye 18.8M

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”
Electric Sheep
by Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep
movies

eye 175,316

favorite 1

comment 0

Archive of flock 244 of the Electric Sheep, see http://electricsheep.org and http://scottdraves.com
Topics: electricsheep, alife, art, draves, spotworks, evolution, algorithm
Internet Archive Footage and B-Roll
Internet Archive Footage and B-Roll
collection
14
ITEMS
390,705
VIEWS
collection

eye 390,705

Footage and movie files of the Internet Archive and projects, for use by other works to illustrate the Archive and its operation. Be sure to check the general Internet Archive Collection for other potential items.